# Text type size

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-type-size/372474>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 12, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-type-size/372474 "2006-09-12T23:45:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-type-size/372474/1 "2006-09-12T23:45:26Z")

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Can I change the size of the text? If so how?

I don’t mean change the size in posts I mean the size of the print that appears in screen generally.

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**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-type-size/372474/2 "2006-09-13T00:10:29Z")

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Can you give a specific example of what you’d like to accomplish?

Anyway, one thing you can do (assuming you’re using Internet Explorer) is the following:

Select Tools \> Internet Options.  
On the General tab of the Internet Options dialog, click the “Accessibility…” button at the lower right.  
Check the “Ignore font sizes specified on web pages” checkbox.  
Click OK to close the Accessibility dialog, then click OK to close the Internet Options dialog.  
Click the View menu, then go down to the “Text Size” submenu and select a text size.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-type-size/372474/3 "2006-09-13T02:37:00Z")

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If you use Firefox, select the key combination \<CTRL\>\<+\> will increase the font size for easier reading. Repeated uses of that key combo will increase the text size literally as large as you want. Decreasing the screen font size uses the key combination \<CTRL\>\<-\>.

If you get lost, the key combination \<CTRL\>\<0\> brings you back to normal.

It even works when you are posting a reply as well.

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**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-type-size/372474/4 "2006-09-13T03:51:02Z")

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Thank your both. I’m using Explorer but bot replies are appreciated.

I can now easily read the posts.